Martin Odler

That’s it, I guess, enjoy! Officially will be published on Maundy Thursday, but you can already see preview of all the chapters and complete prelim on the @BrillPublishing web #ancientEgypt #Egypt #Egyptology #pyramids #technology #metallurgy #copper brill.com/display/title/…

Published on Taf. 37: 3 and pp. 87-88 in Kromer, K. (1978). Siedlungsfunde aus dem frühen Alten Reich in Giseh: österreichische Ausgrabungen 1971-1975. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Actually sphinx no. 2 was already found at Giza. In the so-called “Kromer” , excavated by Karl Kromer’s team, found in Square F, in context with lots of sealings of King Khafre. Looks ugly? This was probably done by an actual person working on site. Published in 1978 in Vienna.

The Dream Stele has two Sphinxes… But it also has 2 x Thutmose IV’s! I’ve discovered there were two Thutmose IV’s!!! Get me on Rogan!

My interview for the YouTube channel of David Pompeani, Hawaii-based geologist, covering in detail our recent publication with Jiří Kmošek of the so far earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt, is available on this link youtube.com/watch?v=Yn9SUH…

In April 2024, I gave a 20-minute overview of the current state of research of early ancient Egyptian copper metallurgy. Couple of papers published since then, working on more. Ancient Egyptian metallurgy was not at all primitive. For more, see youtube.com/watch?v=TSNSUe…

Un hallazgo con sello checo que da que hablar en el mundo: el Dr. Martin Odler descubrió un taladro utilizado en el Antiguo Egipto hace más de 5000 años, antes incluso de que aparecieran los primeros faraones rozhl.as/iK1

In the News: From SCINEWS, a tiny copper-alloy object long dismissed as a simple awl has been reclassified as the earliest known rotary metal drill from ancient Egypt. Learn more here! buff.ly/Y6D9aZv 📷 Credit: Martin Odler & Jiří Kmošek, doi: 10.1553/AEundL35s289.

NEW The @EgyptMuseumGem displays c.50,000 ancient Egyptian artefacts from across its entire history, with major exhibitions on Tutankhamun's life, death and identity A new #ReviewArticle from @OdlerMartin explores the "Truly Grand Egyptian Museum". 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…

5,300 year old metal bow drill found in Egypt is earliest known rotary tool A small metal tool from a Predynastic cemetery in Upper Egypt is changing views on early Egyptian technology. Researchers have identified the object as the oldest known drill... archaeologymag.com/2026/02/5300-y…

When the Antiquity journal (@AntiquityJ) politely asks for a review, you duly deliver. A review of the GEM @EgyptMuseumGem. On this link doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2… But if and when you can, see for yourselves in Giza, please!

Egyptian metal drill older than the pyramids found in museum drawer dlvr.it/TR8Gf7 #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

A sophisticated rotary drill from Egypt's Predynastic Period has been identified among artifacts discovered at Badari. It is the earliest example of this technology found so far. buff.ly/3re3WVT

Un artefact égyptien de 5.300 ans est la preuve d'une technologie sophistiquée précédant l'ère pharaonique 👀 Article en commentaire

5,300-year-old Egyptian artifact confirms existence of “mechanically sophisticated” drilling technology before the Age of the Pharaohs. thedebrief.org/5300-year-old-…

Un outil vieux de 5300 ans révèle que les Égyptiens savaient manier la perceuse avant les pharaons ➡️ l.geo.fr/NM6

This 5,300-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Tool May Be the World’s Oldest Metal Drill kansascity.com/living/article…

The little 2.5-inch copper-alloy tool was first thought to be an awl or simple punching tool, but archaeologists have now determined it was a drill, the earliest known one from Egypt—used some 5,300 years ago! archaeology.org/news/2026/02/1…

A ‘little awl’ discovered nearly 100 years ago has big implications. trib.al/HSWQmx9

@PeterBrandEgypt @Bennu It seemed to me there wasn’t that much change, here’s the book archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/P… more also on my academia.edu and/or Research Gate e.g. paper on tools from Giza academia.edu/45502657/Arsen…

@OdlerMartin @Bennu Can you send me the reference to your book? I only have the first edition of Stocks' book so I haven't seen what changes he made

5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools phys.org/news/2026-02-y…

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